Modelos económicos para las vertientes orientales de los Andes. El caso de los cacicazgos quijos desde una perspectiva arqueológica

Abstract

The pre-Columbian societies that inhabited the Eastern Andean slopes have been subject to a range of interpretations related to their location ‘between Andes and Amazon’. In particular, certain economic models have been applied, which are assumed to be compatible with this kind of location. These models, generally derived from ethnohistory, are discussed in this article through the case of the Quijos chiefdoms, providing an archaeological perspective about their economy. More generally, the reach of interpretations about exchange in the northern Andes is discussed.